Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 02-03-2022.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.


Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom may be downloaded here.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.


Individual Page

    Person Info
  • Name: Abraham GROFF
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 12 Nov 1773 b
  • Death: 23 May 1843 d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • John GROFF Birth: Sep 1745 Death: 7 Jun 1796 in Earl Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
    • Mother:
  • Anna (GROFF) Birth: 1 Mar 1747 Death: 1 Aug 1822

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Lavina GROFF Death: 1856
  2. Nancy GROFF
  3. Catherine GROFF Death: Northumberland Co, Pennsylvania
  4. Martha GROFF
  5. Adam GROFF Birth: 21 Dec 1802 in Earl Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania Death: 6 Mar 1878 in Union Co, Pennsylvania
  6. Abraham GROFF Birth: 21 Jan 1807 Death: 8 Oct 1873
  7. David GROFF Birth: 26 Aug 1815 in Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania Death: Union Co, Pennsylvania
  8. John GROFF Birth: 1819 Death: 26 Apr 1891
  9. Lucy GROFF Birth: 23 Jan 1824

Bibliography
  1. Best, Jane Evans, The Groff Book, Volume 2, A Continuing Saga, Ronks, PA: Groff History Assiciates, 1997. NYPL APV (Groff) 86-1589 v2. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Best GROFF p[0-9]*].
  2. Groff, Christian Franz, Hans Groff Chart, 1864. Paradise, PA: Samuel S Wenger, 1979. Available at Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: GroffCF GROFF Chart].
  3. Groff, Clyde L, Walter B Groff, Jane Evans Best, The Groff Book, Ronks, PA: Groff History Associates, 1985. NYPL APV (Groff) 86-1589 v1. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: GroffCL GROFF p[0-9]*].
  4. Wenger, Samuel S, The Wenger Book, Lancaster, PA: Pennsylvania German Heritage, 1978. NYPL APV (Wenger) 86-601. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: WengerSS WENGER p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Best GROFF p103, GroffCL GROFF p75],
parents:
John GROFF & Anna ___ [Ref: Best GROFF p103, GroffCL GROFF p75],
father:
[Ref: GroffCF GROFF Chart, WengerSS WENGER p1064]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Best GROFF p103, GroffCL GROFF p75]
Sources with Information about marriage to Nancy GRAYBILL
names:
[Ref: Best GROFF p103],
child:
[Ref: GroffCL GROFF p75, GroffCL GROFF p76]
Research Notes:
among earliest settlers in Union Co, PA [Ref: Best GROFF p103]



Pedigree of Abraham GROFF
                                              /-----Hans GRAF
                                     /-----Jakob GRAF
                                    |         \-----Elsbeth PETER
                            /-----Marx GRAF
                           |        |         /-----Jacob SPORRI
                           |         \-----Anna SPORRI
                   /-----Hans GROFF
          /-----David GROFF
         |        |                           /-----Peter KUNDIG
         |        |                  /-----Jorg KUNDIG
         |        |         /-----Hans Jagli KUNDIG
         |        |        |         \-----Barbel HUFFELBERG
         |         \-----Susanna KENDIG
         |                 |         /-----Martin MEILI
         |                  \-----Elsbeth MEILI
         |                           \-----Barbara BAR
 /-----John GROFF
|        |         /-----Joseph MOYER
|         \-----Barbara MOYER
Abraham GROFF
 \-----Anna (GROFF)



Descendants of Abraham GROFF
1. Abraham GROFF m. Nancy GRAYBILL
m. Nancy GRAYBILL